Discretionary Spending

Function 050 - National Defense

Defer Development of a New Long-Range Bomber

CBO periodically issues a compendium of policy options (called Options for Reducing the Deficit) covering a broad range of issues, as well as separate reports that include options for changing federal tax and spending policies in particular areas. This option appears in one of those publications. The options are derived from many sources and reflect a range of possibilities. For each option, CBO presents an estimate of its effects on the budget but makes no recommendations. Inclusion or exclusion of any particular option does not imply an endorsement or rejection by CBO.

Billions of dollars 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2015-2019 2015-2024
Change in Spending                        
  Budget authority 0 -1.6 -2.4 -3.1 -3.6 -5.4 -5.0 -5.1 -4.2 -3.8 -10.7 -34.2
  Outlays 0 -0.9 -1.8 -2.6 -3.2 -3.6 -3.5 -3.4 -3.5 -3.7 -8.5 -26.2

Note: This option would take effect in October 2015. Estimates of savings displayed in the table are based on the fiscal year 2015 Future Years Defense Program and the Congressional Budget Office’s extension of that program.

This option would defer until at least fiscal year 2025 the Air Force’s program to develop a new bomber to augment and eventually replace its current fleet of 159 long-range bombers.